Meek Quotes

• Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

  Langston Hughes

  Sweet, Humble, Mind

  Langston Hughes (2001). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1941-1950”, p.199, University of Missouri Press

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• The meek man will attain a place of soul rest. As he walks on in meekness he will be happy to let God defend him. The old struggle to defend himself is over. He has found the peace which meekness brings.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Letting Go, Struggle, Humility

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• I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

  Samuel Butler

  Humble, Long, Use

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

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• The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. He has accepted God's estimate of his own life: In himself, nothing; In God, everything. He knows well that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has stopped caring.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Humility, Caring, Men

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• The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.

  Charles Barkley

  May, Balls, Earth

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• The militant not the meek shall inherit the earth!

  Mother Jones

  Earth, Militant

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• How silently, how silently The wonderous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him still, The dear Christ enters in.

  Phillips Brooks

  Heart, Blessing, Heaven

  Phillips Brooks, H. L. S., L. H. S. (1892). “Phillips Brooks Year Book: Selections from the Writings of the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks”

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• What if the meek inherited the Earth and we had to defend ourselves from Martians?

  Robert Orben

  What If, Religion, Earth

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• Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

  Don Marquis

  Bible, Jesus, Humble

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• The English are mentioned in the Bible; Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

  Mark Twain

  Blessed, Earth

  Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: Mark Twain's Collections”, p.146, 谷月社

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• God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

  Izaak Walton

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

  Izaak Walton (2013). “The Complete Angler”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• And the meek shall inherit the earth.

  Geddy Lee

  Ties, Horizon, Earth

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• It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.

  Kin Hubbard

  Fun, Long, Watches

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• Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

  Harvey Penick

  Golf, Winning, Bravery

  Harvey Penick (2011). “And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend: Furthur Reflections of a Grown Caddie”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here make them strangers.

  William Penn

  Taken, Humility, Humble

  William Penn (1863). “Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life”, p.63

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• Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession.

  Vera Brittain

  Possession, Profession

  "Married Love". Poems of the War and After, 1934.

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• The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

  J. Paul Getty

  Funny, Business, Humor

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• A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There's a wondrous magic to Christmas, and there's a special power reserved for little people. In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek, and a merry Christmas to each and all.

  Rod Serling

  Wise, Children, Merry Christmas

  "The Twilight Zone: The Night of the Meek". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1960.

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• If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Believe, Land, Earth

  1924 The Gift of Black Folk, ch.9.

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• The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God, to His Word and to His rod, who follow His directions, and comply with His designs, and are gentle toward all men.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Design, Gentle

  Matthew Henry (2016). “Bible commentary - Gospel of Matthew”, p.142, Bible Study Books

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• The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.

  Robin Williams

  Dead Poets Society, Earth, May

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• Many flatter themselves and consider themselves to be good, humble, and meek, but they will discover the contrary under temptation. Do not not become despondent in temptations, then, but give all the more thanks to God that He thus brings you to what is hidden in your heart - the knowledge of yourself - and wishes you to be corrected and be saved.

  Tikhon of Zadonsk

  Heart, Humble, Giving

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• The meek shall inherit the earth, but they'll never increase market share.

  William G. McGowan

  Business, Earth, Share

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• Let the meek have the kingdom of heaven. The strong shall rule on earth.

  Jennifer Armintrout

  Strong, Heaven, Earth

  Jennifer Armintrout (2012). “Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes”, p.252, Harlequin

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• The meek shall inherit the earth - a 6 foot plot above them.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Feet, Plot, Earth

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